GATS - Tessalit Airport

Somewhere in Mali

Tessalit Airport (ICAO: GATS) is a desert airport serving Tessalit, a village in the Kidal Region of Mali. The airport is at the village of Amachach, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of Tessalit. A third, unpaved 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) runway runs parallel to the primary runway.

Open current view/airport in an external service:

Random Airports

This app shows satellite views of random airports. Its aim is to introduce you to the variety of airport structures embedded into the landscape.
Parts of the website are heavily inspired by David Schmidt's website chuchichechocha.com.

Usage

Click on the satellite image or on the button in the control panel to advance to another randomly selected airport.

Click on the button in the control panel to start auto play mode (every 30 seconds a random airport is loaded); Click on the button to stop the auto play mode.

Click on the button in the control panel to search for a specific airport by ICAO code, IATA code, airport name, or location name.

Click on the button in the control panel to show additional information about the current airport and to open the current view in a variety of external services (e.g. Google Maps).

Click on the button in the control panel to toggle fullscreen mode.

Unlike other mapping websites, it is not possible to change the view by panning it around with the mouse or to change the zoom factor.

Technologies and Data Sources

This app is based on the Google Maps API, which on the one hand provides a powerful programming interface for web-based mapping applications, and on the other hand opens access to high quality satellite imagery for places all over the world.

The backend is realized in Python with the help of the excellent Flask micro framework.

The locations of airports have been imported from the public domain data provided by the aviation enthusiasts at OurAirports.com. The app displays randomly selected airports of the categories 'large_airport','medium_airport' and 'small_airport' for which runway coordinates are available.